Rose Cottage

 One of my favorite protects is to create Cosmic Smashbooks and Juju Journals!  When she was in her color of Woman teacher training, our Red Thread SiStar  Catt Geller  wanted an option suitable for low-income participants. She thought of using simple composition books - and  Cosmic Smashbooks  were born!  After my own graduation from Color of Woman Teacher training in 2015, I corresponded with Catt, and was granted permission to teach local classes for several years, before she began her certification program.  I offer a simple journal process in my Reiki 2 classes, inviting students to document their Reiki experiences. In these Good Medicine journals, we used Apothecary vessels to transform old stories into remedies .  Reiki 2 Good Medicine journals Composition books are readily available, and provide a good foundation for Journaling, using word and image. Many of us covered notebooks with brown paper - that's a great beginning. ...

  The threads of Healing and creativity run strong in our family line; massage, midwifery, growing and using herbs, color, crafts, music...  My mama Lois and I traded back and foot rubs through my childhood; my dad Byrle and I sang in the church choir. I took piano lessons from an excellent teacher, Marion Coe, accompanied our girls choir, and in college I was an education major, with a music minor.   I always identified as an artist, and as a healer, becoming a massage therapist in the early 80s.  I took up the harp a decade later, and in 2015, I enrolled in the 9 month Color of Woman coursework, and certified as an Intentional Creativity teacher and coach, painting and keeping an art journal, and began offering creative circles monthly, and several longer painting classes throughout the year. In 2020, a sister teacher and I began offering the circles via zoom, and have built a sweet international group.  Art Cart One of the things I love about our Intent...

 One of the fall treats in Yamhill County (which is named for the local indigenous tribe) is our Art Harvest Studio tour, when a number of local Artists open their studios to guests for two weekends! Some of Charles' unique vessels This weekend, I visited several on Saturday,  and Sunday, my friend Audrey and I visited: • Britt Block (pastels) • Charles Gluskoter (pottery - I now have two of his bowls plus a baking dish! )  • Leo Sherrin (mixed media, masks - wow!!!)  • Reetsie Fuller (etched gourds)  Matson pottery (80s) It is so delightful to see the spaces in which inspiration comes, and where art is created - sometimes, the whole home is a work of art! For a couple of the older artists, this is the last year they participate.  Charles Gluskoter - living/ dining room I"ve dreamed of being on the tour, especially after my Color of Woman teacher  training (Intentional Creativity) certification in 2015. Before Lockdown, my art was in a couple of galle...